Tim Klabunde, FSMPS, CPSM

Principal | Growth Impact Partners, LLC

A fellow of Johns Hopkins University and Amazon bestselling author, Tim is a nationally recognized voice in the AEC industry. His insights have been featured in the Washington Business Journal, Marketer, Business Owner Magazine, MarketingNow, A/E Rainmaker, and the Design & Construction Report. Known for translating complex challenges into clear, actionable strategy, Tim helps firms and individuals position themselves for sustained growth and meaningful impact. His track record includes work with some of the nation’s largest private design and construction firms, including guiding an engineering firm to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the U.S. for six consecutive years.

Dr. Anirban Basu

Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group, Inc.

Anirban Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., a Baltimore-based economic and policy consultancy he founded in 2004.  He serves the Chief Economist function for many organizations, including the Maryland Bankers Association and Associated Builders and Contractors.  The Baltimore Business Journal named him one of the region’s 20 most powerful business leaders in 2010.  In 2022, he entered the Daily Record newspaper’s Circle of Influence.  He is the Distinguished Economist in Residence at Goucher College, where he teaches History of Economic Thought.  He holds four graduate degrees, including a J.D. and a Ph.D.

Erin Coupe

CEO & Founder, Authentically EC Inc.

Erin Coupe is an international keynote speaker and executive advisor who helps high-performers modernize how they achieve success. She partners with organizations to strengthen clarity, energy intelligence, and modern leadership abilities, especially in high-pressure environments where burnout often masquerades as success. She is the author of the bestselling book I Can Fit That In, a J.P. Morgan NextList 2026 selection, and her insights have been featured in Fast Company, Inc., Business Insider, The Guardian, Success Magazine and more. With over 17 years inside publicly traded corporations—including time on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs—she brings rare credibility from having lived the pace, pressure, and expectations today’s leaders face. Her work equips high-performing professionals to lead with presence, discernment, and sustained impact, without sacrificing themselves in the process.

Evelyn March

Director, Growth & Engagement, BST Global

Evelyn is BST Global’s Director of Growth and Engagement, with more than 30 years of combined experience in the AEC and software industries. In her role, Evelyn drives business growth and customer and employee engagement by developing strategies to foster strong relationships, increase customer satisfaction and actively promote positive interactions, ensuring a thriving and collaborative business environment. Evelyn joined BST Global in 2006, bringing her engineering expertise to the company, where she could advise and relate to clients as Director of Client Support. She went on to lead the Global Support team before transitioning to Training and Talent Management, shaping the next generation of industry professionals. Before joining BST Global, Evelyn built a strong foundation in analytical and operational excellence. Her career began in the aviation industry as a load planner for a major U.S.-based airline, specializing in Boeing and Airbus aircraft. She advanced to flight planner for the U.S. Southeast market, refining her analytical and logistical expertise. She then applied these skills to the engineering industry at an ENR Top 100 design firm, leading teams focused on project systems and contract management in civil, environmental and multi-disciplinary engineering. 

Steve Gido, CFA

Principal, ROG+ Partners

Steve Gido specializes in corporate financial advisory services with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Steve has assisted architecture, engineering, environmental consulting and construction firms of all sizes across North America achieve their growth or liquidity goals through successful mergers & acquisitions. Steve has over 25 years of investment banking experience and holds the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute.

Megan Miller

Sr. Marketing Director, Deltek

Megan Miller is Sr. Marketing Director at Deltek, leading strategic initiatives that help architecture and engineering firms harness data for smarter planning and growth. With over a decade in the A&E industry, she directs the Deltek Clarity A&E Industry Report, a benchmark study guiding firms through market shifts and performance optimization. A frequent speaker, Megan shares insights on benchmarks, market outlook, best practices, and technology-driven transformation.

David Sullivan, Jr., CPA

Partner, A&E Practice, PKF O’Connor Davies LLP 

David leads PKF O’Connor Davies’ Architecture & Engineering practice. He has over 30 years of experience advising owners of A&E firms on financial, tax, ownership transition, and merger and acquisition matters. David and the PKFOD A&E team provide creative tax and financial solutions to firms across the country.

Ian Rusk, ASA, CM&AA

Managing Principal, ROG+ Partners

Ian Rusk has spent over twenty years working with hundreds of architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms, large and small, through-out the U.S. and abroad with a focus on ownership planning, business valuation, ESOP advisory services, mergers &  acquisitions, and strategic planning. Ian is a professionally trained and accredited business appraiser and holds the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation with the American Society of Appraisers. He also holds the Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) designation from the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors.

Michael O’Brien, ASA, CM&AA

Principal, ROG+ Partners

With more than twenty years of corporate financial advisory experience, Michael O’Brien works with thousands of companies across many different industries providing business valuation, fairness and solvency opinions, mergers and acquisitions, internal ownership transition consulting, ESOPs, and strategic planning. Michael is dedicated to assisting firms in the architecture, engineering and environmental consulting industry. His experience includes conducting business valuations and appraisals for a variety of purposes, including complex fairness and solvency opinions, litigation support, establishment and maintenance of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and general management purposes.